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   My commercial 45, which is mono, has a listed time of (3:00), but an actual time of (2:56).

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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Jim Croce-"You Don’t Mess Around With..." Posted: 07 May 2007 at 11:43pm
	My commercial 45, which is mono, has a listed time of (3:00), but an actual time of (2:56).

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Online Points: 208	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 August 2015 at 8:19am
	Just today, I discovered that some pressings of the 45 are mono, while others are stereo. The matrix of the stereo pressing is 16343-S 1B. The matrix of the mono copy is simply 16343. The label does not indicate stereo, but the layout of the text is different. Mono copy: ABC logo at top; copyright info at bottom; "45-16343 SP" below the catalog number on the right Stereo copy: ABC logo AND copyright info at the top; "(45-16343)" appears on the left below the publishing information Edited by aaronk
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Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 August 2015 at 9:58am
	I just checked my promo...copyright info is at the top (under the ABC logo) on both the mono & stereo sides. Likewise publishing info is on the left on both sides with 45-16343 on the mono side and 45-16343-S on the stereo. Matrix numbers also differ from your stock copies...mono=16343-1A, stereo=16343-S 1A

Yah Shure Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 11 December 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yah Shure Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 September 2015 at 8:18am
	After comparing notes with Aaron, we determined that the stereo stock 45 was a rogue vinyl pressing from Columbia's Santa Maria plant, which was the only plant used to press the vinyl stereo/mono DJ 45. The leftover DJ stereo stamper may have been utilized on stock copies by mistake or substituted for one of the worn-out mono ones to save costs. Although L.A.-based Monarch was no longer pressing ABC or Dunhill 45s by this time, several of the other indies had not yet wound down contract production in the months leading up to the ABC's exclusive use of Columbia's facilities. The mono stock Aaron referred to above was an east coast Specialty pressing. My three Columbia Terre Haute styrene stock 45s were all mono. Edited by Yah Shure